Improvement in seed-sower



S. A.- SCOTT.

Seed Planter.

N0. 103,666. Patented May 31, 1870- N.PETF RS, FHOTO-LJTNOGRAFHER. WASH NGTON D c SAMUEL A. seor r, or GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.

Letters Patent No. 103,666, dated May 31*,1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-SOWER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern Be'it knownthat 1, smear, A. soo of one fin, in the county of Spaulding and State of Georgia, have invented a new and improved Seed-Sower; and I do hereby declare that the following is avfull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which the figure is a sectional elevation. V

This invention consists in the combination of abox for containing seed; a rock-shaft furnished with pockets and working in the lower part of the box; beveled blocks placed in the box above the rock-shaft, in such position as to form a throat converging toward the rock-shaft; a shovel-plow for running furrows in which the seed may drop; hoes for covering the seed after it has fallen into the furrow; a master-wheel on which the plow-beam rests; and a pitinan connecting said master-wheel with the rock-shaft, and imparting to the latter its motion.

In the drawing a is the seed-box;

m, the rock-shaft, placed transversely of the box in its lower part;

n, the pockets in the rock-shaft 0 o, the blocks fastened to the side of the seed-box above the rock-shaft;

Z, the converging throat, through which kernels pass to the dropping-pockets, by which they are conveyed past the lower ends of the blocks 0, which approach so near the rock-shaftm as 'to prevent the seed from passing, except in the pockets;

e, the master-wheel;

d, the pitman connecting the master-wheel with an arm projecting from the rock-shaft m;

h, the shovel-plow attached to the lower end of the standard z, with the rear side of wbichthe seed-box is connected; and

k, one of the covering-hoes which extend backward from the standard 0', one to each side of the seed-slot.

Having thus described my invention,

\Vhat I claim as new, and desiretosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the box a;rock-shaft m, beveled blocks 0, plow h, covering-hoes k, master-wheel e, and connecting-rod d, all constructed and arranged to operate as described.

To the above specification of my invention I have signed my hand this 5th day of April 1870.

S. A. SCOTT.

Witnesses:

CHAS. A. Pnrrrr; SOLON O. KEMON. 

